Bench-stop.



Np'. 862,656. PATBNTED AUG. e; 1907.A

M. R. RAYNESFDRD.

BENCH STOP. ArrLfcATIoN rmm Amas. 1907.

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BENCH-STOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application fired April 23,1907. serial No. 369,786.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MERTON RANDOLPH RAYNns- FORD, a citizen oi the United States, and a resident of Ellis, in the county of Ellis and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Bench-Stop, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to stops adapted to be used on carpenters benches, and is designed to provide means adapted to hold one end of a board firmly against the apron of a bench, while the opposite end ofthe board is clamped in a vise.

Other objects relating to the specific construction and special arrangement of the several parts of the device will be fully understood from the accompanying drawings and following description, in which drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views, and in which Figure l is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention applied to a carpenters bench and a board l supported thereon, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a stop embodying my invention applied to a work bench and a board, shown in cross section; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the stop enlarged, Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section of the device shown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig.. 4.

As illustrated in the drawings, l represents the apron of a carpenters bench having supporting standards 2, and a vise 3 connected with one of said standards. The apron is provided with a plurality of apertures 4, as in work benches of ordinary construction, and urring strips 5 are attached to the back of said apron and provided with apertures extending in line with those of the apron. These apertures are adapted to receive a stop comprising segmental arms G and '7 having flat inner faces at their ends extending at a right angle to the corresponding faces at their central portions, where they are pivotally connected by means of a pin S. The outer end of one of the arms 7 is provided with a lip 9 and a threaded stud l0, upon which is mounted a cam ll provided with a lever l2 and secured in position on said stud by means of a nut 13. The outer end oi the arm 6 is provided with a lug 14 adapted to bear against the periphery of the cam ll and separate the outer ends of the arms, thereby also separating the inner ends of the arms and causing the arms to bind tightly in the furring strip 5 and apron l and hold the board 15 irmly in place against the apron of the bench. The board is readily removed from the stop by raising the lever l2 of the cam ll so as to release the periphery oi the cam from engagement with the lug 14 oi the lower arm of the stop. The stop may then be readily withdrawn from the apron and urring strip, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A bench stop comprisingr a plurality of segmental arms pivoted together, having at inner faces at their ends extending at a right angle to the corresponding faces nt the center', and means for separating' the ends of said arms.

2. A bench stop comprising segmental arms pivoted in termediate their ends, the end of one arm being provided with a clamping jaw, and a cam adapted to engage a lug' formed on the opposing arm.

3. A bench stop comprising segmental arms pivoted intermediate their ends, one of the arms being` provided with a clamping; jaw and a threaded stud, and a cam mounted on said stud and adapted to engage a projection formed on the end oi the opposite arm.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MERTON RANDOLPH RAYNESFORD.

Witnesses H. K. HcLnoDy HOWARD C. RAYNESFORD. 

